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Circling The Elephant: A Comparative Theology Of Religious Diversity [Table Of Contents], John J. Thatamanil May 2020

Circling The Elephant: A Comparative Theology Of Religious Diversity [Table Of Contents], John J. Thatamanil

Religion

Christian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounter with God or ultimate reality; other religions also have access to religious truth and transformation. If so, the time has come for Christians not just to learn about but also from their religious neighbors. Circling the Elephant affirms that the best way to move toward the mystery of divinity is to move toward the mystery of the neighbor.

In this book, Thatamanil employs the ancient Indian allegory of the elephant and blindfolded men to argue for the integration of three, often-separated theological projects: comparative theology, constructive …


Radical Social Ecology As Deep Pragmatism: A Call To The Abolition Of Systemic Dissonance And The Minimization Of Entropic Chaos, Arielle Brender May 2018

Radical Social Ecology As Deep Pragmatism: A Call To The Abolition Of Systemic Dissonance And The Minimization Of Entropic Chaos, Arielle Brender

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper aims to shed light on the dissonance caused by the superimposition of Dominant Human Systems on Natural Systems. I highlight the synthetic nature of Dominant Human Systems as egoic and linguistic phenomenon manufactured by a mere portion of the human population, which renders them inherently oppressive unto peoples and landscapes whose wisdom were barred from the design process. In pursuing a radical pragmatic approach to mending the simultaneous oppression and destruction of the human being and the earth, I highlight the necessity of minimizing entropic chaos caused by excess energy expenditure, an essential feature of systems that aim …


Liturgy And Sacraments: Driving Revitalization By Positioning Worshippers In Vital Communion Witb Tbe Triune God, Judith M. Kubicki Jan 2011

Liturgy And Sacraments: Driving Revitalization By Positioning Worshippers In Vital Communion Witb Tbe Triune God, Judith M. Kubicki

Theology Faculty Publications

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Sacramental Symbols In A Time Of Violence And Disruption: Shaping People Of Hope And Eschatological Vision, Judith M. Kubicki Jan 2008

Sacramental Symbols In A Time Of Violence And Disruption: Shaping People Of Hope And Eschatological Vision, Judith M. Kubicki

Theology Faculty Publications

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Using J. L. Austin's Performative Language Theory To Interpret Ritual Music-Making, Judith M. Kubicki Jan 1999

Using J. L. Austin's Performative Language Theory To Interpret Ritual Music-Making, Judith M. Kubicki

Theology Faculty Publications

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Philosophies And Theologies Of Symbol: Taizé Music As Ritual Symbol, Judith M. Kubicki Jan 1999

Philosophies And Theologies Of Symbol: Taizé Music As Ritual Symbol, Judith M. Kubicki

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Ecumenical Catholicity, By Otto Karrer, Translated By Gerard Farley, Gerard Farley Jan 1960

Ecumenical Catholicity, By Otto Karrer, Translated By Gerard Farley, Gerard Farley

Philosophy Faculty Publications

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